Were Jesus's brothers born of another woman?

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It's Roman origin is well documented. As I said, Pagan mixed with strong Judaism is the recipe for the Roman Catholic Church.
Yes, you keep making this idiotic claim but you/’ve offered ZERO evidence for your claim.

Incidentally - there is no such thing as the "Roman" Catholic Church.
There is the Catholic Church, which is comprised of over 20 Liturgical Rites, of which the Roman/Latin is only one.

There is also the Melkite, Maronite, Byzantine, Coptic, Alexandrian, Ruthenian, etc. - and they are ALL just as "Catholic" as the rest.

When YOU say, "RCC" - it only magnifies your ignorance . . .

Legalism and man-made traditions eventually consumed the body and is now desolate.
And here, in a nutshell is your problem.
You simply don’t trust Jesus Christ.

According to YOU, He’s nothing but a liar. Jesus guaranteed that His Church would NOT succumb to darkness (Matt. 16:18).
According to YOU – it did.

It's a leperous house!

"And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered" Lev 14:43

Figuratively, this is what took place after the reforming work of Zerubbabel, Joshua, Ezra and Nehemiah, in restoring the nation. The plague broke out again in the house of Judah, so that in the days of John Baptist, and the Lord Jesus Christ, it was found in a leprous state.

When the Lord returns this house, your house will be found to be full of leprously and needing to be destroyed.

If you look at verse 44 I think you will find this again rather convincing of your situation:

"Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house;
it is unclean"
And NONE of this has anything to do with the Catholic Church.
Your ignorance of Scripture is astonishing . . .

John Baptist came and reported on the condition of the "house". His labours were followed by the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, who inspected the "house" and found it leprous (John 2:13-17). He warned the people of the approaching visitation (Matt. 23:38; Luke 19:44).

While I am not John the Baptist I provide you the same warning - get out!

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You’re a very confused person who doesn’t understand WHHAT the Church is.
The Church is NOT a harlot – nor is she leprous or desolate.

- The Church is the Body of Christ and He is the Head (1 Cor. 12:12-31, Eph. 4:3-6, Col. 1:8).

- Jesus identifies His very SELF with His Church (Acts 9:4-5).

- The Church is the FULLNESS of Christ (Eph. 1:22-23).

- Jesus said that HE is the Light of the World (John 8:12).
- Jesus also said that His Church is the Light of the world (Matt. 5:14).

- Jesus is Truth itself (John 14:6).

- The Church is the Pillar and Foundation of Truth (1 Tim. 3:15).

- Jesus promised His Church that the Holy Spirit would guide her to ALL Truth (John 16:12-15).

- Jesus told the leaders of His Church that WHATEVER they bound or loosed on earth would ALSO be bound and loosed in Heaven (Matt. 16:18-19, Matt. 18:15-18, John 20:21-23).

- Jesus said about his Church: “Whoever listens to YOU listens to ME. Whoever rejects YOU rejects ME. And whoever rejects ME rejects the ONE who sent ME" (Luke 10:16).
 

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Maybe Protestants don't venerate her enough.

Chapter and verse??? Where in the New Testament does the Lord instruct His people to "venerate" Jesus' momma???

The reason you cannot find scripture instructing us to do so is because it's NOT there!

We are to worship Jesus Christ, not His momma.


Mary was sinless, but Jesus was still her Savior in that HE is the one that would get her into heaven.

No... if she was actually sinless then she needs no savior and God would be obligated to bring her to Heaven as being sinless would mean she never once fell short of God's absolute perfection. This would mean the she on the same level as Jesus and the Father which is laughable!

In LUKE 1:34 when Mary asked the angel "How can this be".... she just expressed her unbelief that what the angel told her was even possible and that right there is falling short of God's absolute perfection as that was unbelief.

Sorry to have to break the news to you bud... Jesus Christ is the ONLY person that walked in a physical body on Club earth that never fell short of God's absolute perfection.

Now... you should REPENT for your Mary worship, but somehow I get the idea you will sadly continue in your idolatry which will end badly for you.


If Paul says ALL....does that mean even Jesus?

You do error in thinking Paul dreamed that statement up on his own... No, Paul wrote what the LORD told him to write thru the Holy Ghost.

So, the Lord is saying all people have sinned and He is obviously not speaking of Himself since the Lord has never sinned.

Your religious teaching is failing you in spectacular fashion!


She's out and not involved?
So she was just a uterus that God used?

Yep, she's now out of the picture.

You have ZERO scripture references saying Mary is equal to Jesus and we must go thru Mary to get to Jesus

You have ZERO scripture references saying Mary is involved in man's salvation any more after giving birth to Jesus and being His momma as Jesus grew up. There is just ZERO proof of this in scripture.

But, those engaging in Mary worship lean heavily upon the Book of Speculations and continue claiming Christians are required to worship Mary and those not doing so will burn in hell which is hilarious to see people actually believe this stinkin horse hockey
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could you post something that states this?

Read that satanic document you people call "the rosary"

The false rcc religion teaches the so called "Hail Mary" prayers where you are actually praying to Mary.... you got ZERO scripture references showing where Jesus or His Apostle instructing anybody to try and contact the dead (those that have died physically and have been separated from this world)

1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

That's funny... nothing mentioned here about Mary being the advocate between God and man, and still the rcc peoples claim Mary is an advocate that Christians are required to pray to.

If the rcc peoples actually knew the Lord, they would be praying directly to the Father in Jesus Name which is what Jesus taught.

Sadly, the rcc peoples disrespect and reject Jesus' teaching and go about making up their own just like the pharisees and sadducees


The rosary exists because people were not educated like we are today.

It's actually a trick of the devil to deceive people into engaging in idolatry so they end up in hell.

Those that continue down this road will experience a future that is just the opposite of what they are expecting.

You have been informed and are now without excuse!


You don't understand then, what we were discussing.

I get my doctrine from what the Lord says in His Word.

You get your doctrine from the rcc peoples who don't even know the Lord and reject His teachings!

That ends badly bud... but, some folk just have to learn the hard way clueless-doh.gifexit_stage_right.gif
 
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Chapter and verse??? Where in the New Testament does the Lord instruct His people to "venerate" Jesus' momma???

The reason you cannot find scripture instructing us to do os is because it's NOT there!

We are to worship Jesus Christ, not His momma.




No... if she was actually sinless then she needs no savior and God would be obligated to bring her to Heaven as being sinless would mean she never once fell short of God's absolute perfection. This would mean the is on the same level as Jesus and the Father which is laughable!

In LUKE 1:34 when Mary asked the angel "How can this be".... she just expressed her unbelief that what the angel told her was even possible and that right there is falling short of God's absolute perfection as that was unbelief.

Sorry to have to break the news to you bud... Jesus Christ is the ONLY person walking in a physical body on Club earth that never fell short of God's absolute perfection.

Now... you should REPENT for your Mary worship, but somehow I get the idea you will sadly continue in your idolatry which will end badly for you.




You do error in thinking Paul dreamed that statement up on his own... No, Paul wrote what the L:eek:rdf told him to write thru the Holy Ghost.

So, the Lord is saying all people have sinned and He is obviously not speaking of Himself since the Lord has never sinned.

Your religious teaching is failing you in spectacular fashion!




Yep, she's now out of the picture.

You have ZERO scripture references saying Mary is equal to Jesus and we must go thru Mary to get to Jesus

You have ZERO scripture references saying Mary is involved in man's salvation any more after giving birth to Jesus and being His momma as Jesus grew up. There is just ZERO proof of this in scripture.

But, those engaging in Mary worship lean heavily upon the Book of Speculations and continue claiming Christians are required to worship Mary and those not doing so will burn in hell which is hilarious to see people actually believe this horse hockey
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Read that satanic document you people call "the rosary"

The false rcc religion teaches the so called "Hail Mary" prayers where you are actually praying to Mary.... you got ZERO scripture references showing where Jesus or His Apostle instructing anybody to try and contact the dead (those that have died physically and have been separated from this world)
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

That's funny... nothing mentioned here about Mary being the advocate between God and man, and still the rcc peoples claim Mary is an advocate that Christians are required to pray to.

If the rcc peoples actually knew the Lord, they would be praying directly to the Father in Jesus Name which is what Jesus taught.

Sadly, the rcc peoples disrespect and reject Jesus' teaching and go about making up their own just like the pharisees and sadducees



It's actually a trick of the devil to deceive people into engaging in idolatry so they end up in hell.

Those that continue down this road will experience a future that is just the opposite of what they are expecting.



I get my doctrine from what the Lord says in His Word.

You get your doctrine from the rcc peoples who don't even know the Lord and reject His teachings!
1. Who are the rcc people?
Oh. You mean the ones of whom many DIED to bring you the Christianity you're now practicing?

2. I truly doubt I'll be having any further discussions with you.
You'll take this up with God and His Son when you get to heaven.

3. Your language is disgusting and an embarrassment to the Christian faith.

4. I'm not a BUD. I'm a girl.....and even if I were a BUD....that's no way to talk to another human being that you're supposed to love since your entire post is about how you believe Jesus and what He taught.

SHOW IT.
 

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The embryo implanted in the womb of this virgin was holy….God’s unique creation by means of his spirit.

Mary was God’s choice for two reasons….she was “highly favored” because of her devotion to her God, knowing the Scriptures she quoted by heart….and also because the unique circumstance of Jesus’ birth were prophesied…..the woman who bore the son of God did not have to be sinless, (no Scripture says so, though that did not stop “the Catholic church” from imposing this restriction) she just had to have the qualities that God was looking for in order for her and her husband to raise his son in the faith….and she had to be a virgin. But Joseph also had to be a strong spiritual head of his household. He also had to have fine spiritual qualities. He was Jesus’ “father” in every normal respect, except that this child carried no sinful DNA. He was 100% human.
The Bible doesn’t always make decrees or declarations about a truth. Frequently, the Scriptures reveal truths trough prophecy or types and shadows. Most of the 300 prophecies about the Messiah in the OT were conveyed this way.

Mary’s sinlessness and virginity are easier to understand when you compare her to the OT type that is the Ark of the Covenant:

OT - The Word was written by God on Tablets of Stone (Ex. 25:10) placed inside the Ark (Deut. 10:1)
NT -
The Word of God became Flesh (John 1) conceived inside Mary (Luke 2:38) Mary carried the Word of God.

OT - "Who am I that the Ark of my Lord should come to me?" (2 Sam. 6:9)
NT -
"Who am I that the mother of my Lord should come to me?" (Luke 1:43)

OT -
The When the Ark carrying the Word of God returned “David was leaping and dancing before the Lord” (2 Sam. 6:14)
NT -
When Mary came into Elizabeth's presence carrying the word of God, the baby “leaped for joy” in Elizabeth's womb (Luke 2:38)

OT -
The Ark carrying the Word of God is brought to the house of Obed-Edom for 3 months, where it was a blessing. (2 Sam. 6:11)
NT - Mary (the new Ark) carrying the Son/Word of God
goes to Elizabeth's house for 3 months, where she is a blessing (Luke 1:56)

OT -
The Ark is captured (1 Sam 4:11) and brought to a foreign land and later returns (1 Sam 6:13)
NT -
Mary (the new Ark) is exiled to a foreign land (Egypt) and later returns (Matt. 2:14)

OT -
On the Day of the Dedication of the Temple which Solomon built, there were 120 priests present (2 Chron. 5:11). The Ark of the covenant was carried into the Temple (2 Chron. 5:7) and fire came down from Heaven to consume the burnt offering (2 Chron. 7:7).
NT - The On the Day of Pentecost, there were 120 disciples of Jesus present in the Upper Room (Acts 1:15). Mary, the Mother of Jesus and the Ark of the NEW Covenant was also present while the Holy Spirit came down as tongues of fire (Acts 2:3).


The Ark of the Covenant was made of only the purest materials and was blessed. It was to be untouched by the hands of men except for the High Priest.

How much more blessed, pure and untouched would the Ark of the New Covenant that actually carried GOD in her womb have to be?
 
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Mary is dead and buried to this day

They will claim she is still alive which she is... but she is "dead" having died physically and is now separated from this world

There is ZERO teaching in God's Word that instructs His people to try and contact or pray to those that are dead (separated from this world).

It is an occult practice to contact or pray to the dead so they don't understand that this is an open door to the devil to bring darkness in to their understanding because of their sinful behavior (thinking someone other than Jesus is our advocate with the Father is sin)

Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Sin is deceitful and causes the heart to be hardened which is why the rcc peoples cannot hear the Truth of God's Word and so they continue in the false doctrines of the rcc so called "church"

That's too bad for the rcc peoples, it really is.
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Your attempts to gaslight people is pretty hilarious!

I have seen catholic writings that plainly say Mary is to be worshiped and that she is equal with Jesus Christ all of which is idolatry which you are going to learn the hard way someday when you croak and go south rather than north.

Enjoy your heresy... whilst you can!
Now there’s an idiotic claim . . .

The Catholic Church has NEVER taught that Mary is to be “worshipped” – NOR does it claim that she is “equal” to Jesus Christ.
You’ve never seen a Catholic document that makes either claim.

This is a classic case of
ACDS (Anti-Catholic Derangement Syndrome) . . .
 

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Read that satanic document you people call "the rosary"

The false rcc religion teaches the so called "Hail Mary" prayers where you are actually praying to Mary.... you got ZERO scripture references showing where Jesus or His Apostle instructing anybody to try and contact the dead (those that have died physically and have been separated from this world)
Ummmm, the Rosary isn't a "document", Einstein. It's a Prayer.
The Jail Mary is taken straight from Scripture:

"Hail Mary, full of grace - the Lord id with thee" (Luke 1:28)
"Blesses art though among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb (Jesus)." (Luke 1:42)


The second half is simply a plea for prayer - just as YOU would ask a friend or loved one:
Holy Maty, mother of God
Pray fpr us sinners now and at the hour of our death."

Paul
explains in 1 Cor. 12:18-20, 24-26, that though we are many individual parts, we make up ONE Body – that is, the Body of Christ. He explains that we all need each other.

I’ll stop asking those in Heaven to pray for me when YOU show me the verse that says they are no longer part of the Body of Christ . . .

1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

That's funny... nothing mentioned here about Mary being the advocate between God and man, and still the rcc peoples claim Mary is an advocate that Christians are required to pray to.

If the rcc peoples actually knew the Lord, they would be praying directly to the Father in Jesus Name which is what Jesus taught.

Sadly, the rcc peoples disrespect and reject Jesus' teaching and go about making up their own just like the pharisees and sadducees
Jesus IS our ONE Mediator because only HIS sacrifice can make peace between us and the Father.

HOWEVER – we are ALL called to be intercessors and mediators. For each other.
(James 5:16, 1 Cor. 12:21-22, Col. 1:24, 1 John 5:16).

Rev 5:8 shows the saints in Heaven interceding on our behalf – and Rev. 8:5 shows the Angels doing the SAME thing.
 

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just as YOU would ask a friend or loved one:

No, Jesus instructed His people to pray directly to the Father in His Name

John 16:23
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

If the rcc people actually knew the Lord, they would pray to Him directly as Jesus instructed.

Jesus and His Apostles never once instructed anybody to ask Mary anything, or angels, other people that have been separated from this world.



Rev 5:8 shows the saints in Heaven interceding on our behalf – and Rev. 8:5 shows the Angels doing the SAME thing.

And you STILL have no scripture showing where Jesus or His Apostles instructed His people to pray to Mary or to anyone else who has be separated from this world... all you are doing is following doctrines of demons but that's how the rcc people like to roll... in darkness
 

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The Bible doesn’t always make decrees or declarations about a truth. Frequently, the Scriptures reveal truths trough prophecy or types and shadows. Most of the 300 prophecies about the Messiah in the OT were conveyed this way.
And these did not contradict what was already written...the “types and shadows” were not new ideas but clarified beliefs already held, though not fully understood until it was God’s due time to reveal them.

The first Christians were all Jews, so they had a Jewish understanding about who the Messiah would be and what role he would play in the Kingdom they believed to be entirely earthly. There was not the vaguest notion of any human going to heaven. By the time Jesus arrived the religious leaders of the Jewish people had a long history of apostasy. It had been about 300 years since God had even bothered to send a prophet to his wayward people.....they never listened and obeyed anyway.

His last attempt to lead his people to repentance was the presence of his last prophet....His only begotten son. Only a “remnant” of the Jewish people accepted him...the rest of the nation applauded his murder based on the lies taught to them by their corrupt leadership.

The devil always had his way with them, appealing to wealth, prominence and power to lure fallen men to do his bidding. We don’t have to imagine what state the Jewish faith was in after 300 years of teaching apostasy and man made traditions...! We have Jesus’ own words to tell us what he observed. (Matt 15:7-9; the whole of Matt ch 23)
Jesus said the same thing would happen to Christianity....”weeds” planted by the devil would enter the church and corrupt in exactly the same way. The devil has no new tricks.

This apostasy was beginning at the close of the first century but the presence of the apostles had acted as a “restraint” until the last contribution to the Christian Scriptures was recorded by the apostle John. When this last apostle died.....the weeds began to flourish as the church began a downward spiral that resulted in the fusion religion of the Roman Catholic church around 300 years after the death of Christ. Doctrines cooked up in previous centuries were accepted, in spite of the fact that they had no origin in Scripture but were forced on the ignorant masses who had no access to the Scriptures themselves.
There was no way to check to see if what they were teaching was even true. The church used fear to destroy truth and introduce their lies.

Fast forward to this 21st century and see what the devil has accomplished.....”Christianity” is a mess, divided and conflicting....not even a shadow of what Jesus and his apostles began.

How does one find the “wheat” among those “weeds”....is it like trying to find a diamond in that pile of broken glass? Only God can reveal his truth (John 6:65) and none of it conflicts with what is written in His word. There are no new truths....only clarified details of truths that were already in the Scriptures.
Mary’s sinlessness and virginity are easier to understand when you compare her to the OT type that is the Ark of the Covenant:
This is again, an entirely “Catholic” belief......nowhere does Scripture associate Mary with the Ark of the Covenant.
OT - The Word was written by God on Tablets of Stone (Ex. 25:10) placed inside the Ark (Deut. 10:1)
NT -
The Word of God became Flesh (John 1) conceived inside Mary (Luke 2:38) Mary carried the Word of God.

OT - "Who am I that the Ark of my Lord should come to me?" (2 Sam. 6:9)
NT -
"Who am I that the mother of my Lord should come to me?" (Luke 1:43)

OT -
The When the Ark carrying the Word of God returned “David was leaping and dancing before the Lord” (2 Sam. 6:14)
NT -
When Mary came into Elizabeth's presence carrying the word of God, the baby “leaped for joy” in Elizabeth's womb (Luke 2:38)

OT -
The Ark carrying the Word of God is brought to the house of Obed-Edom for 3 months, where it was a blessing. (2 Sam. 6:11)
NT - Mary (the new Ark) carrying the Son/Word of God
goes to Elizabeth's house for 3 months, where she is a blessing (Luke 1:56)

OT -
The Ark is captured (1 Sam 4:11) and brought to a foreign land and later returns (1 Sam 6:13)
NT -
Mary (the new Ark) is exiled to a foreign land (Egypt) and later returns (Matt. 2:14)

OT -
On the Day of the Dedication of the Temple which Solomon built, there were 120 priests present (2 Chron. 5:11). The Ark of the covenant was carried into the Temple (2 Chron. 5:7) and fire came down from Heaven to consume the burnt offering (2 Chron. 7:7).
NT - The On the Day of Pentecost, there were 120 disciples of Jesus present in the Upper Room (Acts 1:15). Mary, the Mother of Jesus and the Ark of the NEW Covenant was also present while the Holy Spirit came down as tongues of fire (Acts 2:3).


The Ark of the Covenant was made of only the purest materials and was blessed. It was to be untouched by the hands of men except for the High Priest.

How much more blessed, pure and untouched would the Ark of the New Covenant that actually carried GOD in her womb have to be?
Every one of those twisted verses depends on inference, not biblically solid fact. You fall for the power of suggestion.
The Ark of the Covenant was removed from man’s possession for the same reason that the copper serpent was removed from Israel...they turned it into an idol.

Idolatry is blatantly practiced in Catholicism of every persuasion....it’s as though the 2nd Commandment was never stated....

Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: And shewing mercy unto thousands to them that love me, and keep my commandments.” (DRA)

You shall not make idols or any image of things that are in the heavens above or that are upon the earth or that are in the waters under the earth. You shall not bow before them nor shall you serve them. I, the Lord, am your God, a jealous God, who punishes the sins of fathers upon their sons until the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but I will show my favor for a thousand generations of those who love me and observe my commandments. (NCB)

Yet there it is in your own Bibles.....it’s the “making” of images that is forbiden....so what is this....other than blatant idolatry? If you don’t make images, you can’t bow down to them, or venerate them....can you?

For Catholics: You cannot bow down to Idols and Yahweh at the same ...
Do Catholics Worship Statues? - TimStaples.com
John MacArthur - The Idolatry of Mary Worship (Catholic Dogma ...


Mary does not figure in Scripture as she does in a pseudo Christian religion that is a weird mixture of paganism and Christianity.....the well is so poisoned that all who drink from it will perish.
 

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Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: And shewing mercy unto thousands to them that love me, and keep my commandments.” (DRA)

You shall not make idols or any image of things that are in the heavens above or that are upon the earth or that are in the waters under the earth. You shall not bow before them nor shall you serve them. I, the Lord, am your God, a jealous God, who punishes the sins of fathers upon their sons until the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but I will show my favor for a thousand generations of those who love me and observe my commandments. (NCB)

You should always provide the actual scripture reference when quoting scripture.
 

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These are part of the Ten Commandments....every Christian should know that these are found at Exodus 20.

Is there any reason WHY on e would post scripture quotes and fail to provide the reference?

Just because you assume others should know where to find the verses you are quoiting does not mean they know
 

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And NONE of this has anything to do with the Catholic Church.
Your ignorance of Scripture is astonishing . . .
Interesting response.

Can you imagine the Jews at the time of Christ saying the same? And yet he cleaned out the money changers (leprously) multiple times until he had the place leveled.

RCC believers cannot discern the text because they are legal minded believers who have been indoctrinated with lies.

If I speak in spiritual principles you cannot hear them can you?

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The CC believes that the birth of Jesus did NOT remove Mary's virginity.
It remained in tact.
A Catholic belief, but not one substantiated by any Scripture. Childbirth for Mary was in the natural way so any trace of he virginity would have been eliminated, and Mary and Joseph could then consumate their marriage. (Matt 1:28) There was no Scriptural reason why they couldn’t have more children.
And in this same manner...Mary could have miraculously been born without the sin nature.
This is the same argument used by scientists to “prove” evolution. Their literature is peppered with this “perhaps”, “could have”, “may have”, “leads us to believe”....way of suggesting things that are not provable facts. If intelligent scientists can be so misled by suggestion, what is to say biblically ignorant ones can be led in like manner.....perhaps even more easily?
Agreed re Adam's DNA not being transferred to Jesus.
I dislike the term "Mary was the vehicle" of Jesus' birth...which you used above.
This is what I've stated before.
Mary was not just another woman.
Mary was not just a uterus.
The way you say this makes it sound like she was just a thing that was used to God to birth His Son.
Mary was the means whom God used to bring his son to birth as a human. It required a human woman who could facilitate that fact.....if it wasn’t Mary, it would have been some other worthy female who’s circumstances were right for the role. There is no insult to Mary, who viewed herself in such a way.....as God’s humble servant girl.
Mary was different...she was the MOTHER OF GOD.
She was special.
She was sinless because God would not use a sinful "vessel" to use your terms....to birth His Holy Son.
No Scripture says that Mary is “the mother of God”...she was the mother of Jesus, God’s son. This is what Jesus called himself. (Matt 10:31-36)

No Scripture says she was sinless, in fact many Scriptures indicate that she was as sinfully human as any other human being descended from Adam. She made a sin offering after Jesus’ birth...which would have been unnecessary if she was sinless.
And since her DNA was not required for Jesus’ conception by Holy Spirit, there was no necessity for her to be sinless in the first place.
Mary was full of grace.
Mary was chosen BY GOD.
Mary was FAVORED....in a different way than the rest of us.
Yes...she met the criteria that God needed to fulfill all the prophesies he had written about the coming Messiah. Mary was “favoured” with that role.
Her relative Elizabeth was also favoured with a miraculous birth like Sarah before her. Both produced offspring in their old age who were featured in the outworking of God’s purpose in producing the Messiah.
There's a lot written after the close of the NT writings....after they were chosen, I should say.
Theologians have been discussing this type of material for centuries.
Have you ever read the Early Church Fathers? Of course not. But you should give it a try.
They're the closest persons we have to Jesus besides the Apostles....whom were taught by them.
They held Mary in high esteem.
There is a reason why the early church father’s writings never made it into Scripture. “All Scripture is inspired of God” (2 Tim 3:16-17) so if the early church father’s had anything vital to add, they would have been included. All Scripture was written by Jews. Not a single word was written by Catholics of any persuasion.
Actually, Jesus told His followers that they were to do what the Pharisees taught...but NOT what they did.
Matthew 23:3
When the Pharisees were teaching people God’s word, they were to listen and obey, but they were not to imitate their actions which were clearly a breach of what they were teaching. This is what hypocrites do...the never do what they tell others to do. (Matt 15:7-9)
As to Tradition....Paul told the followers to follow oral teaching and tradition.
2 Thessalonians 2:15
No tradition handed down would contradict what was already written. Traditions are man made if they do not agree with what is already written.
Commands of men are not in the early church.
They came much later on.
And every denomination has some.
On the contrary, these apostates were already trying to infiltrate the first century congregations.
It was prophesied by Jesus and the apostles that wolves would enter in sheep’s clothing....it’s not a recent problem...
Well, of course I can't agree with the above.
You say Christian teachings were never Christian.
What were they???
Whatever was taught by the Christian church after Jesus' death....
WAS the Christian teaching.
What was taught by the apostles was Christian teaching after Jesus’ death, but what came after the apostles died, was a rapid decline into false Christian doctrines that are accepted today as truth...none of them are.

What Jews believed through their Scripture is what Jesus taught. He had no NT to impart to them at that time, and he taught his apostles who were all Jewish...one truth.
There was one God, not three expressions of him in one “head”. (2 Cor 8:5-6)
There was no “immortal soul” that existed the body at death....
And no hell of eternal conscious torment.....souls die. (Eccl 9:5, 10; Psalm 115:17; Ezekiel 18:4)

All these ideas were cooked up and introduced by “the church” after the death of the apostles, but adopted from pagan beliefs, not Scripture.
The “weeds” Jesus spoke about were not sown recently. All false religion contains these teachings of the devil.
I'd go so far as to say that any teaching that came about recently would have to be, by default, incorrect.
Then if you had lived in the first century you would likely have rejected Jesus’ teachings because they contradicted, not Scripture, but the false teaching ingrained in the people by the wicked religious leaders for hundreds of years. This is nothing new. The deceiver has no new tricks....the old ones, tried and tested still work so well for him. Look back into the history of “the church” after the first century and see that prophesy was fulfilled. It was filled with bloodshed. (Isa 1:15)
Some examples: Mormonism....JWs......Calvinism. I'm sure there's more.
The “wheat” exist.....growing in the world along along with the “weeds”...so how do you tell the difference?......the truth is you can’t, unless God opens your eyes and your heart to see what has taken place over all this time. Just as the humble ones accepted the teachings of Jesus (which appeared to be heresy to the vast majority of the indoctrinated Jews) they were happy to see Jesus executed because they were told he was a false Messiah. (Matt 27:25) Such was their confidence, that they cursed themselves and their children with his blood.

We have the assurance from God through his son....
“No man can come to me unless the Father, who sent me, draws him . . . .This is why I have said to you, no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.” (John 6:44, 65)
 
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